The believer’s ambition should become to gain those things which God says proves his life has been of eternal worth and that God is pleased with it. Conversely, believers need to be warned of serious consequences if they consider actions or attitudes contrary to God’s will. The “contradictions” between eternal security and eternal insecurity disappear when one realizes that a believer’s salvation is secure eternally, but that his significance eternally is not secure. The security of a believer’s